Fatalistic Beliefs in Religion, Folklore, and Literature
Editori
Ringgren, Helmer
The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi
1967
Kuvaus
HELMER RINGGREN
The Problem of Fatalism
CARL-MARTIN EDSMAN
Divine and Demonic Necessity in the Oresteia
JAN BERGMAN
"I Overcome Fate, Fate Harkens to Me"
HELMER RINGGREN
Islamic Fatalism
ÅKE V. STRÖM
Scandinavian Belief in Fate
MATTI KUUSI
Fatalistic Traits in Finnish Proverbs
ROLF WILH. BREDNICH
Die osteuropäischen Volkssagen vom vorherbestimmten Schicksal
CARL GUSTAV DIEHL
Instances of Belief in Fate in South India
GUNNAR SJÖHOLM
Observations on the Chinese Ideas of Fate
IVAR PAULSON
Die Schicksalsseele
HALFDAN SIIGER
Fate in the Religion of the Lepchas
OLOF PETTERSSON
Divinity and Destiny in the Religion of Ruanda-Urundi
MOGENS BRØNDSTED
The Transformations of the Concept of Fate in Literature
K. ROB. V. WIKMAN
C. Linnæus' Ideas Concerning Retribution and Fate
GUSTAV HENNINGSEN
Fatalism in Systematic Aspect and Fatalism in its Functional Context
The Problem of Fatalism
CARL-MARTIN EDSMAN
Divine and Demonic Necessity in the Oresteia
JAN BERGMAN
"I Overcome Fate, Fate Harkens to Me"
HELMER RINGGREN
Islamic Fatalism
ÅKE V. STRÖM
Scandinavian Belief in Fate
MATTI KUUSI
Fatalistic Traits in Finnish Proverbs
ROLF WILH. BREDNICH
Die osteuropäischen Volkssagen vom vorherbestimmten Schicksal
CARL GUSTAV DIEHL
Instances of Belief in Fate in South India
GUNNAR SJÖHOLM
Observations on the Chinese Ideas of Fate
IVAR PAULSON
Die Schicksalsseele
HALFDAN SIIGER
Fate in the Religion of the Lepchas
OLOF PETTERSSON
Divinity and Destiny in the Religion of Ruanda-Urundi
MOGENS BRØNDSTED
The Transformations of the Concept of Fate in Literature
K. ROB. V. WIKMAN
C. Linnæus' Ideas Concerning Retribution and Fate
GUSTAV HENNINGSEN
Fatalism in Systematic Aspect and Fatalism in its Functional Context
Tiivistelmä
Religions are often thought to help human beings to adjust themselves to the realities of life, to give them an understanding of what happens – i.e. to enable them to relate in some way to what they regard as their fate or destiny. This volume strives to analyse attitudes towards destiny in a systematic way, focusing on the interrelation of fatalism with other aspects of faith and belief in several religious traditions.
Some of the articles show how the alternatives God, fate, and chance overlap in a series of blended forms. Other texts focus on the spectrum of beliefs regarding destiny and their place in different religions: ranging from a feeling of total dependence to the proud conviction that man is the architect of his own fortune, from pessimistic resignation to heroic defiance or positive acceptance of one’s fate.
The volume is based on papers read at the Symposium on Fatalistic Beliefs held at Åbo on the 7th-9th of September, 1964. Ed. by Helmer Ringgren. Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell, 1967.
Some of the articles show how the alternatives God, fate, and chance overlap in a series of blended forms. Other texts focus on the spectrum of beliefs regarding destiny and their place in different religions: ranging from a feeling of total dependence to the proud conviction that man is the architect of his own fortune, from pessimistic resignation to heroic defiance or positive acceptance of one’s fate.
The volume is based on papers read at the Symposium on Fatalistic Beliefs held at Åbo on the 7th-9th of September, 1964. Ed. by Helmer Ringgren. Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell, 1967.